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Jacob’s Ladder
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Jacob’s Ladder, painted by Grobman after immigrating to Israel, continues the artistic approach he formulated in the 1960s in the Soviet Union—i.e., “magical symbolism,” which used mystical imagery…

Contributor:

Mikhail Grobman

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1978

Subjects:

Art, Painting, Poetry, Mysticism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Illustration depicting fish with a line design on its back, Hebrew text across the top, and Russian text behind the fish.
All of the Books That Have Arrived at the Editor’s Desk
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    Future [Tsukunft], first compilation. Published by Tsukunft, St. Petersburg (1913). Ben-Ami, Big Fayvl and Little Fayvl (a short story). Published by Far undzere kinder…

Contributor:

Boris Kletzkin

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Writing, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Lists & Catalogues
To My Friends
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God’s grace has surely been overabundant. Riches were mine. Hardly a day would pass When human sympathy did not alight on me Like manna from the sky. I cupped my slender fingers to receive it Ironic…

Contributor:

Yuli Daniel

Places:

USSR (Russia)

Date:

1969

Subjects:

Resistance, Punishment, Community, Satire, Poetry

Categories:

Literature, Poetry